# General Policy for the Use of Artificial Intelligence

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: Bahrain
- **Instrument type**: Policy
- **Status**: Adopted
- **Binding**: No — guidance, strategy or standard
- **Issuing body**: Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA)
- **Adopted**: 2025-07-27

## In brief

General Policy for the Use of Artificial Intelligence is a non-binding policy of Bahrain, issued by the Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA). It was adopted on 27 July 2025. Scope is as set out in the official text linked below.

## Summary

A binding policy for Bahraini government entities structured around four pillars: compliance with AI-related laws and policies (including the Personal Data Protection Law and the GCC AI ethics guide), use and adoption of AI technologies, awareness and education, and local and international cooperation. It defines roles and responsibilities for entities and assigns oversight to iGA. Alongside the policy, Bahrain adopted the GCC Guiding Manual on the Ethics of AI Use.

## Scope

Scope is as set out in the official text linked below. Issued by Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA). Oversight: iGA under the Ministerial Committee for Information Technology and Communication (MCICT). Stated purpose: Ensure safe, ethical and lawful use of AI by government entities in line with Vision 2030.

## Key dates

2025-05-20: Policy version 1.0 first release date (per document); 2025-07-27: iGA publicly launches the National Policy for the Use of AI and adopts the GCC AI ethics manual

## Notes on dates

Only the announcement or adoption date is recorded from the source; in-force and application dates are to be confirmed by a reviewer.

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0024 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0024; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/bahrain-general-policy-for-the-use-of-artificial-intelligence
- **Official source**: https://www.iga.gov.bh/Media/Publications/National%20Digital%20Policies/General%20Policy%20for%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20-%20%20Final%2030%20Jul%202025.pdf
- **Source document**: General Policy for the Use of Artificial Intelligence
- **Published by**: Information & eGovernment Authority, Kingdom of Bahrain
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: high
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "General Policy for the Use of Artificial Intelligence" [AIPT-POL-0024, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0024 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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